Areus II
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Areus II was a short-reigning 3rd-century BC Agiad king of Sparta who died in childhood, leading to a succession crisis in the Spartan royal line.
All labels observed (1)
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| Areus II canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19443036 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Areus II Context triple: [Areus I of Sparta, grandchild, Areus II]
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Areus
Areus was a Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty who ruled in the early 3rd century BC and is known for his efforts to revive Spartan power in Greece.
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Satyros II
Satyros II was a king of the Bosporan Kingdom from the Spartocid dynasty, known for his brief and turbulent reign marked by dynastic conflict in the early 3rd century BCE.
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Abderus
Abderus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as a companion of Heracles who was killed by the mares of Diomedes.
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D.
Megareus
Megareus is a Theban warrior and son of Creon in Greek mythology, known for his doomed defense of Thebes during the war of the Seven Against Thebes.
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E.
Acrisius
Acrisius is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Danaë and the ill-fated grandfather of the hero Perseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Areus II Target entity description: Areus II was a short-reigning 3rd-century BC Agiad king of Sparta who died in childhood, leading to a succession crisis in the Spartan royal line.
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A.
Areus
Areus was a Spartan king of the Agiad dynasty who ruled in the early 3rd century BC and is known for his efforts to revive Spartan power in Greece.
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B.
Satyros II
Satyros II was a king of the Bosporan Kingdom from the Spartocid dynasty, known for his brief and turbulent reign marked by dynastic conflict in the early 3rd century BCE.
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C.
Abderus
Abderus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known as a companion of Heracles who was killed by the mares of Diomedes.
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D.
Megareus
Megareus is a Theban warrior and son of Creon in Greek mythology, known for his doomed defense of Thebes during the war of the Seven Against Thebes.
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E.
Acrisius
Acrisius is a king in Greek mythology, best known as the father of Danaë and the ill-fated grandfather of the hero Perseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.